How many Kyusu do you own? And bonus question, how many do you use? So, 2 answers are permitted.

debunix wrote:Adore that rounded one especially, with the nubbly tetsubin look. Nice collection, as a whole.

Me too! Thank you. The "nubby" ones have sky rocketed in price, as much as doubling. I am glad I got these when I did or I may have had to look from the distance.

kikula wrote:Beautiful wares, Chip! Love that tortoise teapot, it has tiny tortoisey feet on the bottom, yes? I window shop so widely that I often recognize items that appear in here from my various wishlists and am happy that they find homes with TCers!

The Tortoise one is brand new. And yes, it has as we technically refer to them, "feetsies."

Yeah, whenever I see a Kyusu or cup purchased that I had been watching, I almost always ask myself, "which TCer bought that?"

Shimizu Ken Nosaka clay Kyusu reduction fired, 200 ml, Hojo magic clay kyusu. Nosaka is a yellow clay that turns orangey when fired (see my post in this topic from a few days ago), and when reduction fired, of course turns blackish. This one is actually variegated ... so to speak ... as you can see the clay color coming through. I will have to try to take some photos.

An unusual kyusu with a lovely grainy texture.The dark color is accented with gold highlights which glint in the light.

Maekawa Junzo is the son of a certified traditional craftsmen. He was born in Tokoname and trained in Kyoto and Seto. These influences can be seen in the pieces he has produced since returning to his roots in Tokoname, giving the intrinsically traditional pieces a fresh and inspirational feel.

As stated so often by me and others. I liked the pot, but ... and Toru took the but away in my case by obtaining a smaller version.

An unusual kyusu with a lovely grainy texture.The dark color is accented with gold highlights which glint in the light.

Maekawa Junzo is the son of a certified traditional craftsmen. He was born in Tokoname and trained in Kyoto and Seto. These influences can be seen in the pieces he has produced since returning to his roots in Tokoname, giving the intrinsically traditional pieces a fresh and inspirational feel.

As stated so often by me and others. I liked the pot, but ... and Toru took the but away in my case by obtaining a smaller version.

Mine go from 150ml to 210ml (not counting side-handled western artisan pots that I perversely insist on calling kyusu) - I think @150 is a nice size, only use larger for company. I haven't gotten a smaller Japanese pot, though they're available - on my wish list.One kyusu and two kyusus? Of two kyusu? Kyusae? No, this is no time to go Latinate...What in Japanese for plural?Ah, OK:"Most nouns in Japanese have no plual form, so you use the same word whether you're using a singular noun or a plural noun. But, there are rare exceptions when a noun does have a plural form. Usually the plural form simply repeats the word using the "voiced" sound for the first consonant. Ex: hito(person) becomes hitobito(people) and kami(God) would be kamigami(Gods).

debunix wrote:It's a good thing those black style Maekawa Junzo kyusu were sold before I saw them: otherwise I might have had to change my answer above to a larger total.

Unfortunately despite waiting a day, there was one of the new WHITE Maekawa Junzo Kyusu still there (the tall one) ... (oh ... and maybe Yamada Sou ... but I am not saying since Mrs. C is sitting here)

So, maybe I did and maybe I did not. For my personal safety, I will simply say I do not recollect ordering!!!!!!!

I used to be more concerned with Kyusu size, especially when I began to realize my earlier ones were relatively big as my steep sizes decreased. So what started out as brewing 210 ml in a 270 +/- ml Kyusu which made a lot of sense to me began to be more like 120-150 ml in a 270 ml Kyusu. I was then concerned that this would have a huge and negative impact on my brewing results.

However, for Japanese greens it really does not matter how full or empty I have the Kyusu when brewing (especially if I preheat the Kyusu).

I select a Kyusu to use based more upon other factors such as the screen and based upon the Sencha I already chose to brew. So, I overall match the Kyusu to the tea and mood.

I have Kyusu as small as 30 ml and as big as 400 ml. But I do tend to narrow that to using 120-330ml. Sounds like an enormous range, but for instance the other day I brewed around 100 ml in a Kyusu that would hold 330 ml ... and the results were truly outstanding (as I had posted)